Entry Word: introduction

Function: noun

Meaning: a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part <a famous person wrote the introduction to that new textbook>

Synonyms foreword, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue

Related Words beginning, commencement, initiation, opening, origin, origination, outset, start

Near Antonyms postscript; aftermath; cessation, close, closing, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop, termination

Antonyms epilogue